DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i01.043

Pages: 209-213

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood neurological disorder which is more prevalent in some chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate ADHD in children with functional constipation and compare it with healthy children. 100, 5-16-year-old children with functional constipation and 100 healthy children without constipation were included in this case – control study as case and control groups, respectively. Subjects were selected from children who were referred to the pediatric clinic of Amir Kabir Hospital of Arak, Iran, in the form of simple probability and based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. ADHD was diagnosed by Conner's Parent Rating Scale – 48 (CPRS-48) and DSM-IV criteria and was confirmed by psychologist consult .Data were analyzed by Binomial test in SPSS18.ADHD inattentive type was observed in 9 cases (9%) with functional constipation and 4 controls (4%) (P=0.05). Moreover, in the case and control groups, 15 (15%) and 10 (10%) children were affected by ADHD hyperactive-impulsive type (p = 0.28), and 15 (15%) and 16 (16%) children were affected by ADHD mixed type (p = 0.84), respectively. There were no differences between prevalence of ADHD in the children with functional constipation and the control group. However, due to the importance of relationships between different types of psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and constipation and lack of enough evidence concerning the relationship between these two disorders, conducting further studies in this field is recommended.